Tuesday, March 01, 2016

The following day, I
went directly to Quincy’s office to ask if we were still going to see the
victim’s girlfriend. He told me that he was still trying to get in touch with her through
phone, but her number remained switched off. We scheduled to drive to her house
at noon.

I went to my own office
and I saw colleagues except detective Akin. He was not around and I guessed he
was still trying to retrieve vital personal information’s about Jimmy
Aderenle. Oscar made an eye contact with a smile on his lips. I smiled back.
I asked the three of them why they did not come over to my place during the weekend to see my
aunt.

“My wife and I were
very busy,” Leroy said. “Remember she’s going to have a baby soon.”

I grinned. “I know and
I can’t wait to be a god mother.”

“I thought I was going
to be your child’s godmother?” Jasmine asked staring at Leroy.

He made a face and
replied. “All of us knows that Genevieve is the one.”

“Meaning I am not
classic enough?”

“What does that mean
Jasmine?” I asked her with a big frown on my face. I was very angry at her
statement.

She looked at me with
furious eyes.

“I don’t have to explain myself to you.”

“I can see you want to
start a conversation that you won’t be able to finish. I will not come
to your level and argue with you. I don’t have the strength to talk with a
nag.”

Jasmine stood up
instantly with an aggressive behavior. “How dare you call me a nag? How dare
you!!”

“I never called you a
nag,” I said, still seated on my seat. “You have simply classified yourself a
nag.”

Leroy and Oscar were on
their feet. They went towards her to calm her down.

Oscar spoke to her. “I
think you should keep your voice down. This is an office and I do not see any
reason why the both of you should quarrel or argue over becoming Leroy’s unborn
baby godmother.”

I glared at him. “I do
not think this is about becoming his unborn child godmother.”

“Then what is it
about?” he asked.

“Ask your partner!!” I
voiced, uplifted on my chair and sauntered to the entrance door. I walked out
on them.

******

I knocked and entered
into my director’s office.

“We can’t just seat and
relax,” I said. “We need to look for the victim’s girlfriend.”

Quincy peered into my
annoyed eyes. “Who got you angry?”

“No one!!”

He began to laugh.

“What’s making you to
laugh? I didn’t say anything funny.”

“Tell me the person
that got you angry Genny.”

“There is nothing you
can do. I want to leave.”

“To go where?”

“To find out what
really happened to Jimmy Aderenle. I want to know who killed him.”

“We will catch the
monster that took the life of that man.”

“Then what are we
waiting for?!”

Quincy rose of his
feet. “You need to tell me what is going on with you Genny,” he said and moved
to my direction. He stood in front of me. “I heard loud voices in your office,
what happened?”

“Did you tell Jasmine
anything about me?”

“I don’t understand
your question but I will answer you. I have never discussed about you with Jasmine.”

I sighed.

“Did Jasmine quarrel
with you?” he asked.

“No.” I lied because I
didn’t want to talk about it with him. There was nothing to discuss with him, it
won’t change anything about what Jasmine thought about me. I knew it was
because she was interested in him. “What about your dinner with her.”

He cleared his throat
and shook his hands inside his pockets. “It’s supposed to be this weekend but
it’s cancelled.”

“What?” I exclaimed.
“She cancelled it?”

He smiled faintly.
“No.” he replied. “I cancelled it. I sent her a text last night that I can’t
have dinner with her. A relationship cannot work.”

“But why?”

“I have told you
already. A relationship cannot work. I am not attracted to her.”

“But she’s beautiful.”

“I am in love with
someone else and I have told the person I will wait for her. Do you want to know
the person?”

I shook my head. I knew
the answer.

Quincy Harvey didn’t
say a word but kept his eyes on me. The knock on his door gave me the
opportunity to sit down.

“Come in.” he said.

Detective Akin walked
inside.

I looked at him. “Do
you have an update about the victim?”

“Yes,” he answered.

“What is it?” Quincy
queried.

“I don't know anything about his father but Jimmy Aderenle lost
his mother when he was twenty years old. He was not able to
continue his education when he turned twenty-two. I found something intriguing,
he went back to the university four years ago at the age of twenty-nine.”

“So?”

“He was twenty nine years
old when he met the first lady.”

“She could be
responsible for his school fees.” I said.

“I think so too because
some of his course mates said he lived a lavish life.”

“What do you expect?”
Quincy asked. “He knew the first Lady of this state. Do you know anything about
his girlfriend?”

“I went over to her
place and her neighbor said she has not seen her since on Saturday.”

“That is the day the
victim died.” I said. “Could she be the killer?”

“There is something you
have to know about the victim.”

“What is it?”

“He was an intelligent
student. He is among the new batch going for NYSC next month. I found out that
he graduated with a first class.”

“Oh my God!”

“Are you sure about
this?” Quincy asked with a disturbed look on his face.

“Yes sir.”

I felt sorry for the
victim. How could someone so heartless take away a bright human away? I could
not hold my emotion but burst into tears. Quincy warm arms cropped by body and
his encouraging words consoled me. I stared at him as tears dropped down from
my eyes.

“How can we locate the
girlfriend?” I asked. “How can we catch the killer?”

He wiped the tears
away from my face and told me everything was going to be okay. He stood on his
feet. “I have to see the first lady again.”

“How can you do that?”

“I will send her a
message.”

“What message?”

“That if she doesn’t tell
us her relationship with the victim,” Quincy said. ”I will contact her husband.”

“That will be very difficult
sir,” detective Akin said. “Remember he is the governor.”

“I know.”

“It will only waste
time if we don’t locate the girlfriend,” I said. “We have to look for her. She
may be able to tell us something that can help us with the investigation.”

“What if she’s the
killer?” Quincy asked. “She’s nowhere to be found.”

The three of us heard a
knock on the door.”

“Come in.” Quincy
ordered.

A female detective entered.
She greeted us and spoke to the director. “There’s a lady here to see you.”

“What is her name?”

“Meagan,” she replied. “She
said she’s the girlfriend of Jimmy Aderenle.”

******

The female detective
and Akin left Quincy Harvey and myself with Meagan. There was no make-up on her
face. Her eyes were sad and sore. Her skin was pale.

“I did not kill my boyfriend.”
she said.

“Your phone has been switched
off,” I said. “And you left your house since on Saturday.”

“I panicked! I was
scared.”

“Why?”

:Because I was the last
person to see him.”

“What do you mean?”

“I loved Jimmy and I will
never do anything to hurt him.”

“What happened?” Quincy asked.

“I was the one that
drove his car to the place he was found.”

“You mean you were the
person that drove that car that day and left him to bleed to death?”

“He was already dead
before I left him there.”

“Tell us what really
happened.” I said to her.

“Jimmy drove over to my
place that day,” Meagan explained. “He was covered in blood. He was trying to
tell me something but he could not. The pain was too much. Blood gushed out
from his mouth. I managed to take him back to his car so that I could take him
to the hospital. On my way, I touched his body and I noticed he was no longer
moving. I parked to check his heartbeat but I heard nothing. Out of fear, I drove
to a remote place and I took his wallet and used the money to lodge in a hotel.”

I took a deep breath. “Jimmy
Aderenle was not able to tell you who stabbed him?”

“No. He tried to but he
could not.”

“Are you aware your
boyfriend knew the governor’s wife?”

“Yes.”

“Was he having an
affair with her?”

She shook her head. “Before
Jimmy mother died, she confessed on her sick bed that she was not his biological mother. Jimmy’s real mother abandoned him when he was a baby and
gave him out to the woman that took care of him. Jimmy searched for his mother
and he was able to locate her four years ago. She accepted my boyfriend but told
him it should be a secret between them. She said her husband must not know about
him because she never opened up about having a child at a young age. She took
care of his bills, paid his school fees, and bought him a car.”

I was short of words. I
never thought Mrs. Rukevwe was the victim’s mother. Quincy was astounded to
hear the truth, that the governor’s wife was the victim's mother.

“Before I managed to
take Jimmy to his car,” Meagan added. “He gave me something. I don’t know why
he gave me but I kept it.”

“What did he give you?”
my partner and I asked curiously.

She dipped her hand
inside her pocket and brought out a gold necklace with a teddy bear pendant.

Quincy stared at me
stunned! We knew the killer.

We took the necklace
from Meagan and informed her she was free to go home. Quincy and I drove to the
government house to meet the first lady. She ordered one of her bodyguards to tell
us to go back. Quincy sent a message through the bodyguard, that we know who
killed Jimmy Aderenle.

We were not surprised when he ordered the two of us inside the mansion. She came out to see us in the
sitting room. Her eyes were red.

“Who killed Jimmy?” she
asked.

“Where are your
daughters?” Quincy asked.

“My daughters?” she
asked in a puzzled tone. “I thought you said you both knew who killed Jimmy?”

“Why can’t you call Jimmy
your son?” I asked her.

Mrs. Rukevwe gazed at
me with stunned eyes.

“We know he is your
son.”

“You don’t know
anything about me!!” She shouted.

“I don’t want to know,”
I said. “I want to see your older daughter. I think her name is Ese. Where is
she?”

Her daughters came
inside through the entrance door.

“What’s going on?” her
younger daughter asked her mother.

“I want the two of you
to go to your room.” she said to them.

Quincy spoke. “Your
younger daughter can go but Ese must remain here and explain to us why her
necklace was with Jimmy Aderenle when he died.”

Ese glared at her mother
with angry eyes. “Yes! You were having an affair with someone old enough to be
your son!”

“Oh my God!!! I was not
having an affair with him! He was your brother!”

The living room was
silent. I could see her daughters shocked faces as they stared at their mother.
Gina was crying.

“Mother tell me this is
not true!!” Ese cried out. “Tell me this is a dream! Tell me he was not my brother!”

Quincy did not allow
her mother explain. He said, “You are under arrest for the murder of Jimmy
Aderenle.

“My daughter is
innocent.” Mrs. Rekevwe said.

I showed them the
necklace and Ese burst into tears. “I am sorry!! I never knew he was my
brother. I thought you were having an affair with him.”

“You should have come
to me. You should have asked me. Ese Why?!!”

“Please forgive me
mother!!”

"Ese you have killed me!! You have destroyed my life!!"

Quincy and I arrested
her.

*****

Back at the office, I neglected my colleagues. I was not in the mood to chat with anyone I informed my boss I wanted to come home and rest but he told me I should
wait for him.

“Why?” I asked.

“I told you I have
something to show you after we finish investigating the case.”

“Yes. What is it?”

“You have to follow me
home.”

“Why?”

“I know you don’t trust
me yet but I have to show you something that will make you believe I am uncle
Freddie’s son.”

“I believe you.”

“No you don’t. You don't trust me.”

"I will follow you home."

*****

I drove behind Quincy’s
car to his house. When we got there and entered into his abode, he offered me a drink but I declined. I sat down on a single sofa.
He brought a glass table in front of me and placed a laptop on top of it. He turned
it on and inserted a disc inside. He pressed play.

A video surfaced and I saw
Uncle Freddie.

He said. “Quincy, if
you are watching this, it means I am dead. I have been working on a case
secretly but I have not been able to solve it. I know you will come back to
Nigeria to avenge my death but please don’t. The person behind my murder is a
ruthless and cold-blooded human being. The only thing I want you to do for me
is find Genevieve Cole. I want you to take care of her because she needs someone.
Genny might be difficult to handle but you have to get close to her and watch
her back. My enemy knows I was very close to her. Her life may
be at risk. Tell her I love her, tell her she should not fight back. I don’t want
to lose the both of you. I love you Quincy.”

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